Mower County transcript., 1887-11-30
THE !: N RTHWESI.
Brief Mention Of News Of General
.s35 Interest.
ILLINOIS.

sSS9= lAb bcOApIaCO'D0UWeenC the city or ChtCa.
go and Andrew Onderdonk, Of New York,
the lowest bidder for the construction OF
tho new submarine water-works tunnel
under the lake, eight feet in diameter,
have been formally executed. The wotk
will cost $74S, 600, and the contractor gave
n bond OF $4OO 600 The new tunnel will
extend from the South side lake front dis
tance OF four miles into the lake, where
pure water Is deemed = permanent GER
tainty. = ..a:.s s,sa n ~
I4 ColonelJ, s. Lord, Secretary Of the nli-
nOts Bureau OF Labor statistics, has just
completed the sixth annual compilation OF
the statistics of coal mines and coal mining
In Illinois The following summary shows
the business actually done during the year:
The number of counties reported, 40; num-
Der of mines and openings Of all kinds, ST.;
number OF tons OF coal mined, 10, ,278, $50;
aggregate value Of the same at the mines,
$ll ,152, 500; average value per ton at the
mines. 81. O6; number of employees of all
kinds, 26, ,9O4; average number Of days OF
active operations, 213 q; average price paid
per ton for mining, ~ cents; number of
kcgs Of powder used, 152, ,627; number Of
mules employed under ground, l.474; num-
bcr OF men killed, Al; number of men in
jured SO as to lose time, 1SO; number of
tons mined for each life lost, 244,735;
number OF employees Tor each life los, 400
The reports to the State livestock Com.
miss on snow that hog cholera is killing off
hogs in nine cen counties at rapid rate
Cattle are he;lchy, and horses have recov-
ercd from influenza, which has been wide
spread
The village of Findlay, Shelby County,
almost Anfro1v, h1y fro
Gently.
In the northwestern part of Fayette
County milk k~sickness Is prevailing to an
alarming extent In London township q
number of cattle have died and others are
sick with the disease. Some families, it is
said, are also affected with the maiady.
"A human brute, named August Hatzka,
residing on Lincoln street, Chicago, the
o. her day killed his little step-son by liter
ally flogging him to death with leather
strap. The fellow is under arrest
William X ee.nan shot and killed Pat
O'Brien, a plumber, a few days ago while
the latter was attempting to forcibly enter
tho formers saloon on Blue Island avenue,
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs Shelton Smith celebrated the
ffueth anniversary Of their wedding at
Lexington, Mclean County. The other day.
IOWA.
There are three Christiun Science doctors
ut lie Mars
j. Boege. a prominent business man of
Mason City. is financially embarrassed or
thirteen years he has carried on farm
machinery and wagon-making concern.
HIS liabilities were placed at $4,000 It
was said he had sailed for Europe
The other morning the sheriff of Marion
County and the marshal of Pleasantvl.e
went out to the residence of Lewis Rey-
noids, southeast of Pleasantviue, to arrest
his son John, charged with forgery and OBJ
tanning money under false prelensea He
refused to b. arrested and drew a revolver
and shot HIMSELF in the forenead, dying in
stant!y. The warrant for his arrest had
been ,elegraphed from Kansas, where his
home is and where he has wife and seven
children.
Henry s. Townsend, a young commission
merchant Of Sioux City and Mss Bess.e
Schulie;n, daughter Of one of the wealth
lest Jewish families in the city, were clan
d s5inely married the other afternoon, and
have left for parts unknown. The parents
of the girl had forbidden the young man
coming to the house, and clandes fipe meet
ings have been kept up for two ye.ra
A. ". Ohler, u young man of Des Moines,
is being prosecuted for swearing falsely to q
young 1ady's age
u Fourteen dwellings In the village Of La
conf. Warren County, were recently de-
stroyed by fire.
A corn husking contest took place at
Mitchellv.lle Polk County, q day or two
ago. The winner huskei 1O3 bushels and
10 pounds of corn In ten houra
At Charlton, Lucas County, Moses Jeffer-
son, oolored miner, was killed by falling
slate the other day.
Henry Van Deven, his daughter Tinna,
and Ida Kamerick, the hired girl, were re-
gently indicted by the Marion County grand
jury ON the charge of having caused the
death of Mrs Van Deven at Pella last Au-
gust by poisoning
The Government canal at Keokuk was
opened for the season March and closed a
through the canal during that time, rs pre-
shows that there were 2. 4O4 lockages made
barges and RATS, 4,219 tons Of merchan-
disc, 386,3Oo bushels Of grain, 201,-
464, ,9S7y feet lumber, Il, 5,266. 600
feet logs, 26,344,279 shingles and
60, $40, 148 lath These figures represent
the freight traffic of the season All classes
show an increase over last year
%5ttt WISCONSIN,.
q BY a ruling Of tho Wisconsin Supreme
Court, the law compelling insurance COM
.panies doing business In the State to take